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NZ VIDEO: Temperatures to (briefly) lift this weekend

Milder airflows, some with subtropical connections, will spread across parts of NZ over Friday, Saturday and Sunday – ahead of low pressure, rain and some snow next week. It doesn’t mean everyone has warm weather ...

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NZ VIDEO: Polar air lingers, snow and rain next week

Cold polar air remains over NZ this week before a brief “warming up” this weekend as northerlies return – ahead…

NZ VIDEO: Polar air dominates this week & next

A cold pool of air lies over New Zealand for much of this week, ahead of a wintry burst next…

NZ VIDEO: Colder & drier air for a week, but some get showers for days

High pressure is returning to NZ this weekend but some will have lingering showers through into next week as a…

VIDEO: NZ enters peak winter as cold air dominates next week or two

Friday sees wet weather crossing NZ from the west ahead of a colder weekend – and a cold week next…

NZ VIDEO: Wintry weekend is coming, some snow and frosts

Friday sees rain clouds moving through followed by a wintry southerly that will bring polar air as far north as…

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 6:20am on Thu 14 August 2025
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WeatherWatchTV on YouTube climbs over 100K subscribers, joins global club of just 0.7%

WeatherWatchTV now has over 100,000 subscribers, larger than Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and far exceeding the NZ Government’s Niwa Weather…

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Top 10 NZ Weather MythBusters! (Even we were surprised at some of the answers!)

REPOST from our Education pages — Can you get sunburnt on a cloudy day? Do highs always bring sunny weather?…

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Ways to get fewer nasty surprises when it comes to wet weather that is (or isn’t!) forecast

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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